14.--The Very Rev. E. M. Goulburn, formerly Dean of Norwich, preached
from a new pulpit erected by public subscription in the choir of the
Cathedral as a memorial of his twenty-three years' devoted ministry. The
pulpit was designed by Mr. John Pollard Seddon, F.R.I.B.A., and executed
by Mr. Harry Hems, of Exeter.
18.--On this day (Whit-Monday) occurred the memorable fall of snow which
covered the ground to the depth of five inches, and occasioned the
abandonment of all out-door sports and holiday amusements. On the
previous Wednesday (the 13th) the shade temperature registered in the
neighbourhood of Norwich was 72.7; at 9 a.m. on the 16th it stood at
37.2; and on the same day the thermometer in the screen fell to 29.8, and
on the grass to 21.5. On Sunday, the 17th, there were frequent storms of
hail and snow, and at 2 p.m. the temperature registered 37.4.
--A military tournament given by the 8th Hussars in aid of the local
charities, commenced at the Agricultural Hall, Norwich, and concluded on
the 23rd.
21.--The Duke of Clarence and Avondale (in the absence of the Prince of
Wales, who was unable to attend in consequence of indisposition) opened a
bazaar at Yarmouth in aid of a fund for the restoration of the parish
church; and in the evening was present at a ball given by the officers of
the Norfolk Artillery.
23.--The Norfolk County Council resolved to offer scholarships of the
value of 10 each per annum, and not exceeding fifty in number, to boys
and girls who, having passed the 6th and 7th Standards in elementary
schools, were prepared, after examination, to attend for three years some
secondary school possessing to the satisfaction of the committee the
necessary qualifications for technical instruction. On the 26th the
Norwich Town Council decided to provide a school for technical education
and manual instruction.
30.--The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture adopted, by 66 votes against 32,
a resolution in favour of making legal in England the practice of the
dishorning of cattle.